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Icawat & Icawat vs NLRC, Labor Arbiter Santos and Yape

LEAH ICAWAT and ROMEO ICAWAT, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, LABOR ARBITER ARIEL CADIENTE SANTOS and, JOSE F. YAPE, respondents.

G.R. No. 133573 | 2000-06-20

D E C I S I O N


BUENA, J.:

This petition for certiorari seeks to nullify the Decision1 [Annex "L," pp. 53-58, Rollo.] dated January 26, 1998 of public respondent National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), Third Division, in Case No. 013573-97 which affirmed the Labor Arbiter's decision2 [Annex "F", pp. 32-34, Id.] finding private respondent Jose Yape's dismissal illegal, as well as the Resolution3 [Annex "N", p.75, Id.] dated March 11, 1998, denying reconsideration thereof.

The facts of the case as culled from the pleadings disclose that private respondent started working with petitioners as driver of their passenger jeepneys.

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